Tuesday, January 25, 2011

What is Going In Africa? Riots And Protests EveryWhere!

After the Arusha  Protests in Tanzania..then there was Tunisia...Seems Like theres Protests and Riots Everywherein Africa this Year,Everyone wants to see changes and less words...
Algeria Riots Which are due to Rise in Food prices..


rioting has broken out in the Algerian capital after a night of violence over food prices and unemployment.
Three quarters of the population is under the age of 30, and 20 percent of them are unemployed.
There is also anger over claims of broken government promises, including the fact that only about 10,000 of one million promised new homes have been built.Some basic consumer goods have also shot up in price by as much as 30 percent.Shortly after riots broke out in Algiers, the trade minister announced that sugar and oil prices would soon be reduced.
The government had already announced an investment plan worth tens of billions of euros over the next four years to create jobs and improve living conditions.
But the protesters say they want more action and less words.


Then Theres The Egypt Protests which was sort fo Inspired by Tunisia


The anti-government demonstration in the Egyptian capital of Cairo has gone violent, so far it is reported that 3 people have been killed..Opposition activists organised the march on Facebook, drawing inspiration from Tunisia’s recent popular revolt.
President Hosni Mubarak has ruled Egypt for three decades, tolerating little dissent.
“Today is not the start of the revolution. It’s just a rehearsal, to send a strong message,” said Abdel Halim Kandil of the Egyptian Movement for Change.
“We don’t just talk, we do what we say. We can show our people that an uprising is possible,” he told euronews.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Gamal Heshmat vowed his group would “work to bring about change until our last breath.”Police used tear gas and water cannons and tried to keep the crowd under control and block their movements.
The protests are shedding light on issues such as corruption, poverty, high unemployment and rising prices.

Looks like the Tunisia Riots did more than we thought,the fears are spreading through leaders all of Africa and Arabic nations...Can we call it the year of revolution?..So far it has been named..tsunami of middle east people revolutions...Honestly speaking this is not pretty, lets just pray its not Morocco in June. 
Governments needs to start listening to the people, could Africa finally  be waking up?

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